Articles filed under Theater
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Rock keeps rollin’ at Aurora’s Stolp Island TheatreOct 18, 2024 2:42 pm - Paramount Theatre’s revival of “Million Dollar Quartet,” the hit jukebox musical inspired by the impromptu 1956 meeting between Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, has been extended through June 2025 at Aurora’s Stolp Island Theatre.
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Right time, right place: Goodman’s ‘Primary Trust’ a moving tribute to the power of kindnessOct 17, 2024 8:07 am - Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Primary Trust” is a beautifully acted, gracefully directed reminder of the profound impact of kindness on a wounded soul.
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Spotlight: ‘Some Like It Hot’ heats up Cadillac Palace, BrightSide scares up thrills with ‘Dracula’Oct 15, 2024 12:44 pm - “Some Like It Hot,” the tuner based on Billy Wilder’s classic 1959 comedy, comes to Chicago for a brief run, while Naperville’s BrightSide Theatre celebrates the spooky season with its revival of “Dracula.”
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Divine satire: Aurora’s Paramount Theatre revives saucy ‘An Act of God’Oct 11, 2024 12:46 pm - Paramount Theatre revives David Javerbaum’s divine satire “An Act of God,” starring the ever-genial Alex Weisman as the titular deity.
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‘Dr. Cook’s Garden’ set to bloom at Village Theatre GuildOct 10, 2024 5:01 pm - Village Theatre Guild’s 61st season blooms on Oct. 18 with the opening of “Dr. Cook’s Garden” by Ira Levin. “This was a play I was not familiar with and when I first read it, I enjoyed the twists and turns that it took. It’s a thriller that deals with what is morally right,” said director Jody Vogel.
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Elmhurst Children's Theatre presents ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’Oct 09, 2024 9:05 pm - Elmhurst Children's Theatre’s upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” is set to hit the stage at Blackhawk Middle School in Bensenville on Oct. 25-27.
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A true delight: Joy, expertise combine in Steppenwolf’s hit revival of ‘Noises Off’Oct 09, 2024 2:25 pm - Finally, director Anna D. Shapiro’s dream of staging Michael Frayn’s uproarious “Noises Off” comes true. And the result is magnificent.
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Tickets on sale Thursday for Heather Headley, CSO concertOct 08, 2024 3:19 pm - Tony and Grammy Award winner Heather Headley joins the Chicago Symphony Orchestra June 3 for a benefit concert.
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Three historical women and a fictional rebel meet during the Reign of Terror in “The Revolutionists” at Janus Theatre; Babes With Babes stages Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”; and Remy Bumppo chronicles two poets’ friendship in “Dear Elizabeth.”Oct 08, 2024 11:56 am - Say you want a revolution? Janus Theatre concludes its season with a revival of Lauren Gunderson’s historically inspired comedy “The Revolutionists.” Set in 1793 dur...
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Glenbard North Theatre puts on ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’Oct 06, 2024 8:44 pm - Glenbard North Theatre will present its studio production, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 10-11.